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This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
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... attention of a naturalist or a sportsman ; for , being crowded at the upper end
with willows , and with the carex cespitosa , “ clumpy sedge , ” * it affords such a
safe and pleasant shelter to wild ducks , teals , snipes , & c . that they breed there
.
... attention of a naturalist or a sportsman ; for , being crowded at the upper end
with willows , and with the carex cespitosa , “ clumpy sedge , ” * it affords such a
safe and pleasant shelter to wild ducks , teals , snipes , & c . that they breed there
.
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Both species will breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that
young broods came forth so late as September the 18th . * Are not these * It will
be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White constantly entertained the idea that ...
Both species will breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that
young broods came forth so late as September the 18th . * Are not these * It will
be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White constantly entertained the idea that ...
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Numbers of snipes * breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of
this parish . It is very amusing to see the cock bird on wing at that time , and to
hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring
any ...
Numbers of snipes * breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of
this parish . It is very amusing to see the cock bird on wing at that time , and to
hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring
any ...
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Gilbert White. ground , which joins to my garden , for some weeks . They used to
march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ;
and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted
...
Gilbert White. ground , which joins to my garden , for some weeks . They used to
march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ;
and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted
...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne... |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Henry G. Bohn, 1851 |
| Original von | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 18. Aug. 2011 |
| Länge | 40 Seiten |
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